Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own the sons of anarchy but like many I wish I did. I do however own the character Danni! And the other characters that you don't recognise.

Chapter 14

The clubhouse had become pretty silent after the incident had occurred. The family waiting to see how Danni and Juice would pull through not knowing what to say to each other or what they could do to help. Basically Tara and Chibs told them – as gently as possible – that if Juice and Danni didn't wake up, even for a brief moment through the night then the chance of them ever waking up was pretty damn low.

Luckily neither had any internal damage, but due to the amount of blood loss and the fact that they both hit their heads excruciatingly hard on the ground they were worried that the damage, while not internally severe, it may just be enough to kill them.

11 hours later as Gemma checked on Juice she was disappointed that there seemed to be no movement and with a sigh she made her way to Danni's room to check on her also. She would never get over the feeling of fearing for her children's lives, she lost Tommy and she's almost lost Jax and Danni too many times. So when she entered Danni's room and saw her baby girl's eyes flutter open she almost ran to her side and grasped her hand.

"Danni? Dove?" she coaxed her daughter "Can you open your eyes baby?" she asked.

Danni moaned incoherently but her eyes began to open and she looked around the dark room before her eyes settled on her mother with a confused look. She didn't know what had happened, she had been outside with Juice and he guessed her fear and then…Juice!

"Ju…Juice?" she groaned in question. Gemma knew she was asking about his condition.

"Shh baby, he's in the other room. He's alive…" she would not lie to her daughter "He's in pretty bad shape dove but he fought it and he's alive, we're just waiting to see if he'll wake up" she explained but all Danni heard was "He's alive" before her eyes shut again and she once again fell unconscious.

Gemma sighed and smoothed Danni's hair back off of her face and pulled the covers up a little tighter like she did when Danni was just a little girl. She bent down and kissed her daughter on the forehead willing herself not to cry before she retreated from the room to let the others know the bad news about Juice but the good news about Danni.

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5 hours later Danni stirred again. She felt her fingers twitch and her eyes began to flutter again. When she opened her eyes there was some light coming in through the curtains so she shut them again before she tried again, a small groan escaping her mouth. She raised her hand to her face and wiped her eyes before she tried to move, the intense pain in her side reminded her that she had been shot the day before. She hissed at the pain and then remembered Juice and suddenly she was wide awake.

She tried sitting up and winced in pain but she still tried but then there were hands gently holding her to the bed "Don't try to get up, it'll hurt" she heard from her right. She turned in surprise; she hadn't even noticed anyone else in the room with her. Tears sprung to her eyes as she saw Juice lying next to her on the bed and she gingerly turned onto her good side and hugged him as he wrapped his arms around her carefully.

"God Juice, I thought you had died for a minute there" she said softly her voice hoarse and Juice reached to the table on their left to get her a drink.

"Yeah, well I'm not dead but I ain't exactly in perfect condition. The guys had to carry me in here" he said softly stroking her hair as he sat the water back down "You know before I was hit, I saw that bullet lodge itself into your side…Jesus fucking Christ Danni, I thought that maybe you had died and I didn't have time to find out before I was hit in the chest" he whispered into her hair. She looked up at him and he gripped her chin, dipping his head to kiss her lips softly and then harder, desperate after having thought even for a moment that he had lost her. She kissed back just as desperately making sure that he was really there with her.

Juice pulled back and looked at her closely; he could see in her eyes that she was still afraid and worried. He cupped her face with his hand and stroked her cheek with his thumb before he sighed and pecked her lips.

"Ironic isn't it?" he asked her quietly.

"Hm, what is?" she questioned.

"Just that as I addressed your fear of losing me we both almost lost each other" he pointed out and her eyes dropped from his face to his chest as she bit her lip. She hadn't wanted to continue this conversation but obviously Juice had other plans.

"I was right about it wasn't I?" he asked even though he knew and she sighed as she nodded.

Again opening her mouth to speak Danni was interrupted when the door to the bedroom opened and Gemma walked in smiling when she saw her daughter and called to the guys that she was now awake with Juice.

"Hey dove, how you feeling?" she asked and Danni pulled her eyes from Juice's as they continued to stare at each other and looked at her mother.

"Ok I guess considering" she replied and then Tara walked over to her.

"Just going to do a quick check over" she informed her with a small smile which Danni tried to return. After a few moments Tara nodded "Everything's looking good…well as good as can be expected. This should heal up nicely in the long run" she smiled and Danni thanked her.

"What are we gonna do with you?" Jax asked his baby sister as he wrapped an arm around Tara.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused.

"You've become a danger magnet in the past few months" Clay said shaking his head.

"Not my fault" she mumbled and her dad chuckled.

"I know" he assured.

"So what happened to the whole "I don't think they'll use the same tactic again" thing?" Danni asked the guys who shifted guiltily.

"Well, we didn't think they would" Tig answered.

"Yeah, we figured that they'd do something else to throw us off track and catch us by surprise" Chibs added.

"I know, it's not your fault but…damn, I only just got my side healed properly" she huffed and got a few chuckles as she crossed her arms and pouted.

"This will be dealt with baby don't worry" her dad assured her and she nodded knowing that it most definitely will.

"So, you guys just gonna go back to sleep?" Donna asked them. Juice nodded desperately needing to be alone with Danni but also needing to finish their conversation but Danni shook her head.

"I was kinda hoping for a shower" she said and then slowly sat herself up and swung her legs over the side of the bed. As she stood she cringed at the pain in her side but she quickly sucked it up and began to slowly walk across the room.

"You ok?" Cherry asked her.

Danni shrugged "I've had worse" she said nonchalantly but they cringed this time "Sorry" she said to them as she reached the door and everyone filed out of the room behind her as she went to the shower and Juice was left alone in the bed with his wandering thoughts.

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When Danni came back into the room Juice was sitting up on the edge of the bed waiting for her. She ran a hand through her just dried hair and sighed a little knowing she couldn't avoid it forever. She walked over to him and he held a hand out for her which she took and he pulled her forward between his legs.

"Alright, no interruptions or avoidance this time; you're afraid to lose me" he stated gently tilting her chin up to look at him.

She nodded her head and then sighed again "Look, I just…I lost you once and it was…no words can describe it Juice. It was like a part of me died with you and it hurt so fucking much. I don't think I could survive if I lost you again. And I know, I know that facing death is pretty much a guarantee with this life, I mean look at us now, so I'm kinda at a loss here. I want you Juice, I really do, but I don't want to have you completely again just to lose you for a second time" she told him with her brows furrowed.

Juice was the one to sigh this time as he leaned in to kiss her softly before he spoke "Danni I don't even want to imagine what you went through when you thought you'd lost me. It is a guarantee in this life just like you said but I'm in the same boat as you are Danni. Sure, I go out with the guys and get into situations a lot more often than you where I could die but take a look at what's happened to you Danni. You were almost killed in prison, you were stabbed, you were almost raped, you've been shot…I could just as easily lose you as you could me. It terrifies me sometimes, the thought of losing you…I hate just thinking it let alone it actually happening. I know how you feel but…isn't that all the more reason to make the most of our time? You're holding back because you're scared but the guys always have my back, I know I could get killed anyway but it's not likely. You need to let go Danni, I know it's not easy but I love you and I want you…all of you."

Danni looked at him for a long moment before she sighed softly and kissed him "I get what you're saying Juice, I really do, but this little fear of mine is gonna take a little more time to get over. I'm sorry but…the concept of losing you is gonna be a lot harder to deal with than any other fears I've had" she said to him.

He nodded his head slowly "Ok" he said gently "But remember, I love you meaning every part of you but that means you've gotta give every part of yourself to me just like I have to you."

"I know and I love you too" she replied and he kissed her again letting his tongue slip into her mouth this time. They tangled together as she rested her hands on his thighs and he wrapped his hands into her hair. When he tugged her forward a little they both felt some pain and remembered their wounds so Danni pulled back with another quick kiss.

"We're not fit to continue this" she said with a raised eyebrow and a grin.

"Damn, how long is it gonna be?" he asked disappointed.

"Probably months" she informed him and his eyes widened as he groaned.

"Come on, do you think that we could make it down the stairs?" she asked him and he shook his head.

"Probably not" he replied "Maybe we should just stay in bed…right here" he suggested and tugged her to lay down with him.

"Hm, yeah, you're probably right" she mumbled as she moulded into his side and they wrapped around each other.

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Hours later when they had been helped down the stairs by the guys, they had all left to retaliate to the shootout that occurred. They had decided to take a different approach and set fire to their shop and hopefully that would stop the random shoot outs but you never know.

"How long have they been gone?" Tara asked worriedly.

"A little over an hour" Gemma replied.

"They'll be fine Tara, I'm sure they're just making a thorough job" Danni reassured her friend and she nodded her head.

Danni's phone began to ring then and she glanced over at it before asking her mother to pass it to her "Can you pass me my phone please?" she asked and Gemma handed her the phone.

"Hello" she answered.

"Danielle, its agent Sanders" the male voice came through the phone.

"Agent Sanders" she repeated for the benefit of the others in the room "How can I help you?" she asked him.

"Well I just received your file…it's really quite impressive" he said.

Danni contained a sigh before she replied "Well I'm glad you think it's impressive. I don't particularly think there's anything amazing about my file" she said again letting the others in the room know what the conversation was about and Gemma sighed as Juice squeezed her hand reassuringly.

"Well that's debatable. When you were younger there were joy rides, underage drinking, public indecency…the list goes on. And then when you were older there was involvement with drugs that got you sent to prison and inside you were in fights every month…you just can't seem to stay out of trouble can you Danielle?" he asked rhetorically.

"Well, you're little file should inform you that it was found that I had no idea about the drugs but had to be put away for involvement anyway" Danni replied.

"Yes, yes, it's really very impressive" he repeated.

"I know I was there" she said "Is there a particular reason why you're reciting my illegal qualities?" she questioned him.

"I was just thinking, a woman like you who has done the things you've done and was raised around what you were raised around by bikers…well, I'm pretty sure you'd be more than capable of killing your abusive fiancé." He said confidently.

This time Danni really did sigh "We're on this again? I already told you that I didn't kill Greg" she said.

"Yes you did, but that doesn't make it the truth. And while you may not have killed him I know that it was one of you" he replied.

"You have no evidence that Greg is even dead" she reminded him.

"No, I don't. But as soon as I do I'm sure you'll be the first to know" he informed her.

"Well thank you for being so generous" she said sarcastically "Have a good day. Goodbye" she said.

"For now Danielle" he replied and they both hung up.

"Well?" Gemma prodded.

"Yeah, he's got my file" she confirmed.

"And?" Donna prodded again.

"He thinks it's quite impressive" she said.

"He's gonna use it against you isn't he?" Cherry asked and Danni nodded.

"Yup, he said that a woman like me would have no problem killing my abusive fiancé. And if it really wasn't me he was sure it was one of us and that when he found the evidence I'd be the first to know" she filled them in.

"He's not gonna find anything baby, don't worry about it" Juice reassured her and she nodded.

"Yeah, I know but still" she sighed and he kissed the side of her head.

"The guys are back" Tara said as the sound of motorbikes filled their ears and not long after that the guys walked in. Tara went straight to Jax, Donna going to Opie, Cherry going to Half-Sack while Gemma waited as Clay made his way to her side for a kiss.

"How'd it go?" Juice asked them.

"It went without a hitch" Clay responded.

"That's good" Gemma nodded her head and then Danni sighed.

"Agent Sanders just called" she informed them and they all seemed to sigh simultaneously.

"What for?" Jax asked bracing himself.

"He received my file" she stated and a few groans went out.

"He figures that a woman like me would have no problem killing my abusive fiancé. He was very impressed by my illegal qualities. And he guesses that if it wasn't me then it was definitely one of us and when he found evidence I'd be the first to know" she told them.

"God damn it, can't the fucking ATF agents leave us the fuck alone?" Tig grumbled.

"You'd think that they'd get smarter as more of them disappeared but nope, they seem to get stupider" Chibs said.

"Alright, they're not gonna find anything so just you keep on doing what you're doing baby" Clay told his daughter.

"Will do" she assured him.

"How are you two feeling?" Opie asked Danni and Juice.

Danni shrugged and Juice said "Ok s'pose"

"Maybe you should go rest some more, you probably shouldn't be outta bed this much" Bobby told them.

Danni nodded her head so a few of the guys moved forward and helped both her and Juice up the stairs to their bedroom before leaving them again. Danni carefully pulled her top over her head wincing at the pain and then she unbuttoned her jeans kicking them off. She undid Juice's jeans also knowing he'd be in more pain than her and helped him get them off. She unbuttoned his shit and peeled it from his body before putting it on herself for her to wear to bed and Juice simply slept in his boxers.

When they were situated on the bed Juice buried one hand into her hair and the other rested on her thigh as he pulled her as close as possible. As he trailed patterns onto her bare thigh that wasn't covered by his shirt he groaned causing her to look up.

"You ok? Are you in pain?" she asked him quietly.

He shook his head "Not that kinda pain. But you're making it torture to not be able to touch you like I want to when you're wearing my shirt and in bed with me" he said smirking down at her and she rolled her eyes.

"Alright, go to sleep Romeo" she said and he chuckled leaning down to kiss her long and thorough.

"Love you baby" he whispered.

"Love you too" she replied before they fell into silence and sleep not long after.